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Have A Hair Of The Dog That Bit Someone Else. (COMPLETE)

Mar 27, 2006 14:59

Sephiroth stepped into the First District cafe with a genuine sigh of relief. Not only was he grateful to be away from the hotel, swarming as it was with strange people - and Dante, whom Sephiroth had his doubts qualified as a person, exactly, he seemed more of a creature - but he was simply glad to be somewhere warm. He didn't have enough munny to ( Read more... )

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grumpy_lion March 27 2006, 21:17:50 UTC

The lion was indeed grumpy. In fact, Leon looked more than grumpy. He looked irritated and strained, gloved fingertips rubbing at his temple to indicate that he was clearly nursing a headache that only appeared to be getting worse by the minute.

When Sephiroth settled down on the seat across from him, Leon paused, his features clearing slightly. Obviously, Sephiroth's tardiness was the least of the causes for his current state, and he waved off the apology, shaking his head. "It's fine," he muttered, picking up his empty cup and peering into it before setting it aside wearily.

"You got here just in time to miss the idiot I was talking to. Consider yourself lucky."

silver_soldier March 27 2006, 21:23:50 UTC

Sephiroth wasn't particularly surprised, upon closer observation of Leon, that his lateness - which was relative anyway; they hadn't exactly agreed on a specific time to meet - wasn't the real cause of the man's irritation. He hadn't been late enough to justify that much of a headache on the other man's part, yet Leon looked...well, he looked rather like how Sephiroth had been feeling since after his reunion with Zack, Cloud, and Aerith, a look as if things had been going steadily downhill for hours and there wasn't any sign of fortunes changing on the horizon.

"I've talked to my share of idiots today myself," he said, somewhat drily. He charitably decided not to include Zack in that category for the moment, despite some of the evidence he'd been given. "That I've managed to dodge one actually comes as a surprise."

grumpy_lion March 27 2006, 21:50:45 UTC

"... Flypaper for idiots," he muttered under his breath, lowering his fingers from his temple in defeat. It wasn't helping his headache at all. He doubted anything short of a day's -- or night's? -- worth of sleep could remedy that, and he was determined to lay off the booze for as long as he could take it.

Leon shook his head at Sephiroth, somehow feeling oddly relieved that there was someone in this damn town who understood. "Perhaps not for long. Goes by the name Dante. From what he's told me, it appears he plans on setting up some kind of shop here." Gods, what a depressing thought.

The waitress finally came by again to refill his cup, shooting both men an odd look before asking Sephiroth if he would like anything.

silver_soldier March 28 2006, 19:46:53 UTC

Sephiroth couldn't help snorting at Leon's rather apt description of himself, a description he might have to borrow someday; apparently Sephiroth wasn't the only one who attracted annoyance attention from a number of people he'd rather avoid.

He couldn't help grimacing, however, when he heard the name of Leon's tormentor. "Dante? I've met him. He fell through the roof of the hotel just a little while ago." His expression was...somewhat dubious at best as he went on to add, "Not that he's much the worse for wear despite that, suspicious as that is. He doesn't seem to have made much of a better impression on you than he did on me." Leon's irritation made much more sense now; the nicknames that Dante threw around alone were enough to inspire teeth-grinding aggravation. "Unfortunately, you'll probably be seeing more of him - he can't pay for the damage he did to the hotel, at least not in munny, so Zack and I got him to agree to repair the damage personally ( ... )

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